The Talijancich 1961 Liqueur Muscat

A recent trip to the Swan Valley saw our group walking through the doors of the new tasting room at Talijancich, a small producer specialising in fortified wines. Mid winter in Perth is a perfect time for fortified sipping fortified wines.

This weekend was no exception with clear blue skies requiring only a short sleeved shirt to maximise the reduced sun's rays. The mornings and nights are cold, the days generally cloudless and warm with the evenings perfect for a taste of Talijancich's fine range of liqueur muscats and fortified wines.

I had purchased a number of years ago the 1963 Liqueur Muscat, a silver medal winner at the London Wine Show and numerous other shows, a trip to the tasting rooms is usually both exciting and expensive. This trip was no exception with the 1980 liqueur muscat, liqueur shiraz, liqueur verdelho and some Julian James liqueurs now gracing my cellar. 

The vintage liqueurs burst with the flavours of burnt toffee and chocolate overtures with a wonderful brown hue. As I was laying my new bottles down I found a 1961 liqueur muscat I had forgotten about, I found a tokay laying pretty close. In the wash up, I really didn't need to take the drive up to the valley after all - I still not complaining. Oh yeah, the Penfolds Coonawarra Bin 128 really hit the spot on warm afternoon too.